#Captain class amazon registration#

Hypotheses that have been advanced include the effects on the crew of alcohol fumes rising from the cargo, submarine earthquakes, waterspouts, attack by a giant squid, and paranormal intervention.Īfter the Gibraltar hearings, Mary Celeste continued in service under new owners. The inconclusive nature of the hearings fostered continued speculation as to the nature of the mystery, and the story has repeatedly been complicated by false detail and fantasy. No convincing evidence supported these theories, but unresolved suspicions led to a relatively low salvage award.

At the salvage hearings in Gibraltar following her recovery, the court's officers considered various possibilities of foul play, including mutiny by Mary Celeste 's crew, piracy by the Dei Gratia crew or others, and conspiracy to carry out insurance or salvage fraud. Thereafter she sailed uneventfully until her 1872 voyage.

#Captain class amazon registration#

She was transferred to American ownership and registration in 1868, when she acquired her new name. Mary Celeste was built in Spencer's Island, Nova Scotia, and launched under British registration as Amazon in 1861. None of those who had been on board were ever seen or heard from again. Her cargo of alcohol was intact, and the captain's and crew's personal belongings were undisturbed. She had left New York City for Genoa on November 7 and was still amply provisioned when found. The last entry in her log was dated ten days earlier. The Canadian brigantine Dei Gratia found her in a dishevelled but seaworthy condition under partial sail and with her lifeboat missing. Mary Celeste ( / s ə ˈ l ɛ s t/ often erroneously referred to as Marie Celeste ) was an American-registered merchant brigantine discovered adrift and deserted in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores Islands on December 4, 1872. Ran aground Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, 1867, salvaged and sold to American ownersĭeliberately wrecked off the coast of Haiti, 1885ĩ9.3 ft (30.3 m) as built, 103 ft (31 m) after rebuildĢ2.5 ft (6.9 m) as built, 25.7 ft (7.8 m) after rebuildġ1.7 ft (3.6 m) as built, 16.2 ft (4.9 m) after rebuild Joshua Dewis, Spencer's Island, Nova Scotia An 1861 painting of Mary Celeste (named Amazon at the time), by an unknown artist